diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanel.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanel.java
index b6269e2328dd4..71c1913d94e62 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanel.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanel.java
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ public class QSPanel extends LinearLayout implements Tunable, Callback {
         }
     }
 
-    private void drawTile(TileRecord r, QSTile.State state) {
+    protected void drawTile(TileRecord r, QSTile.State state) {
         r.tileView.onStateChanged(state);
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSTileBaseView.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSTileBaseView.java
index 35b9e3cfc81ce..9e40cfd91ebbb 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSTileBaseView.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSTileBaseView.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class QSTileBaseView extends LinearLayout {
 
         // Default to Quick Tile padding, and QSTileView will specify its own padding.
         int padding = context.getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.qs_quick_tile_padding);
-        setPadding(padding, padding, padding, padding);
+        setPadding(0, padding, 0, padding);
         setClipChildren(false);
         setClipToPadding(false);
     }
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QuickQSPanel.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QuickQSPanel.java
index 4408dbf236bfe..8b826eea4285e 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QuickQSPanel.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QuickQSPanel.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import android.view.View;
 import android.widget.LinearLayout;
 import android.widget.Space;
 import com.android.systemui.R;
+import com.android.systemui.qs.QSTile.SignalState;
+import com.android.systemui.qs.QSTile.State;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -59,6 +61,19 @@ public class QuickQSPanel extends QSPanel {
         mHeader = header;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected void drawTile(TileRecord r, State state) {
+        if (state instanceof SignalState) {
+            State copy = r.tile.newTileState();
+            state.copyTo(copy);
+            // No activity shown in the quick panel.
+            ((SignalState) copy).activityIn = false;
+            ((SignalState) copy).activityOut = false;
+            state = copy;
+        }
+        super.drawTile(r, state);
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void showDetail(boolean show, Record r) {
         // Do nothing, will be handled by the QSPanel.